montgomery louisiana argued october decided january petitioner montgomery years old killed deputy sheriff louisiana jury returned verdict guilty without capital punishment carried automatic sentence life without parole nearly years montgomery taken custody decided mandatory life without parole juvenile homicide offenders violates eighth amendment prohibition unusual punishments miller alabama montgomery sought state collateral relief arguing miller rendered mandatory sentence illegal trial denied motion application supervisory writ denied louisiana previously held miller retroactive effect cases state collateral review held jurisdiction decide whether louisiana correctly refused give retroactive effect miller pp teague lane federal habeas case set forth framework retroactive application new constitutional rule convictions final new rule announced held new constitutional rules criminal procedure generally retroactive recognized courts must give retroactive effect new watershed procedural rules substantive rules constitutional law substantive constitutional rules include rules forbidding criminal punishment certain primary conduct rules prohibiting certain category punishment class defendants status offense penry lynaugh amicus contends teague interpretation federal habeas statute constitutional command retroactivity holding application state collateral review proceedings however neither teague danforth minnesota concerned teague general retroactivity bar new constitutional rules criminal procedure occasion address whether required constitutional matter give retroactive effect new substantive rules pp new substantive rule constitutional law controls outcome case constitution requires state collateral review courts give retroactive effect rule conclusion established precedents addressing nature substantive rules differences procedural rules history retroactive application teague supra penry supra indicate substantive rules set forth categorical constitutional guarantees place certain criminal laws punishments altogether beyond state power impose follows state enforces proscription penalty barred constitution resulting conviction sentence definition unlawful contrast procedural error infected trial conviction sentence may still accurate defendant continued confinement may still lawful see schriro summerlin reason trial conducted procedure found unconstitutional later case automatically invalidate defendant conviction sentence possibility valid result exist substantive rule eliminated state power proscribe defendant conduct impose given punishment see coin currency holding new substantive rules indeed retroactive teague continued long tradition recognizing substantive rules must retroactive effect regardless defendant conviction became final conviction unconstitutional law merely erroneous illegal void legal cause imprisonment ex parte siebold logic governs challenge punishment constitution deprives authority impose penry supra follows authority leave place conviction sentence violates substantive rule regardless whether conviction sentence became final rule announced precedents may directly control question bear necessary analysis state may constitutionally insist prisoner remain jail federal habeas review may constitutionally insist result postconviction proceedings pp miller prohibition mandatory life without parole juvenile offenders announced new substantive rule constitution retroactive cases state collateral review foundation stone miller analysis line precedent holding certain punishments disproportionate applied juveniles relying roper simmons graham florida miller recognized children differ adults diminished culpability greater prospects reform distinctions diminish penological justifications imposing life without parole juvenile offenders miller determined sentencing child life without parole excessive rare juvenile offender whose crime reflects irreparable corruption rendered life without parole unconstitutional penalty class defendants status juvenile offenders whose crimes reflect transient immaturity youth penry miller therefore announced substantive rule constitutional law like substantive rules retroactive carr ies significant risk vast majority juvenile offenders punishment law impose upon schriro supra state may remedy miller violation extending parole eligibility juvenile offenders neither impose onerous burden disturb finality state convictions afford someone like montgomery submits evolved troubled misguided youth model member prison community opportunity demonstrate truth miller central intuition children commit even heinous crimes capable change pp la reversed remanded kennedy delivered opinion roberts ginsburg breyer sotomayor kagan joined scalia filed dissenting opinion thomas alito joined thomas filed dissenting opinion opinion notice opinion subject formal revision publication preliminary print reports readers requested notify reporter decisions washington typographical formal errors order corrections may made preliminary print goes press henry montgomery petitioner louisiana writ certiorari louisiana january justice kennedy delivered opinion another case series decisions involving sentencing offenders juveniles crimes committed miller alabama held juvenile convicted homicide offense sentenced life prison without parole absent consideration juvenile special circumstances light principles purposes juvenile sentencing wake miller question arisen whether holding retroactive juvenile offenders whose convictions sentences final miller decided courts reached different conclusions point compare martin symmes johnson ponton chambers state state tate la diatchenko district attorney suffolk mass aiken byars state mares wy people davis il certiorari granted case resolve question petitioner henry montgomery montgomery killed charles hurt deputy sheriff east baton rouge louisiana montgomery years old time crime convicted murder sentenced death louisiana reversed conviction finding public prejudice prevented fair trial state montgomery la montgomery retried jury returned verdict guilty without capital punishment state montgomery la louisiana law verdict required trial impose sentence life without parole sentence automatic upon jury verdict montgomery opportunity present mitigation evidence justify less severe sentence evidence might included montgomery young age time crime expert testimony regarding limited capacity foresight judgment potential rehabilitation montgomery years old spent almost entire life prison almost years montgomery first taken custody decided miller alabama miller held mandatory life without parole juvenile homicide offenders violates eighth amendment prohibition unusual punishments slip making youth accompanies irrelevant imposition harshest prison sentence mandatory life without parole poses great risk disproportionate punishment slip miller required sentencing courts consider child diminished culpability heightened capacity change condemning die prison ibid although miller foreclose sentencer ability impose life without parole juvenile explained lifetime prison disproportionate sentence rarest children whose crimes reflect corruption ibid quoting roper simmons issued decision miller montgomery sought collateral review mandatory sentence louisiana two principal mechanisms collateral challenge lawfulness imprisonment begins filing trial prisoner convicted sentenced la code crim proc arts west first procedure permits prisoner file application postconviction relief one seven grounds set forth statute art louisiana held none grounds provides basis collateral review sentencing errors see state ex rel melinie state la per curiam sentencing errors must instead raised louisiana second collateral review procedure second mechanism allows prisoner bring collateral attack sentence filing motion correct illegal sentence see art montgomery invoked procedure east baton rouge parish district state statute provides illegal sentence may corrected time imposed sentence ibid illegal sentence primarily restricted instances term prisoner sentence authorized statute statutes govern penalty crime conviction state mead la app cir see also state alexander la per curiam ordinary course louisiana courts consider challenge disproportionate sentence collateral review rather general matter appears prisoners must raise eighth amendment sentencing challenges direct review see state gibbs la app mead louisiana collateral review courts however consider motion correct illegal sentence based decision holding eighth amendment federal constitution prohibits punishment type crime class offenders example held graham florida eighth amendment bars sentences juvenile nonhomicide offenders louisiana courts heard graham claims brought prisoners whose sentences long final see state shaffer pp la per curiam considering motion correct illegal sentence ground graham rendered illegal sentence juvenile nonhomicide offender montgomery motion argued miller rendered mandatory sentence illegal trial denied montgomery motion ground miller retroactive collateral review montgomery filed application supervisory writ louisiana denied application relied earlier decision state tate held miller retroactive effect cases state collateral review chief justice johnson justice hughes dissented tate chief justice johnson noted dissent montgomery case granted montgomery petition certiorari petition presented question whether miller adopts new substantive rule applies retroactively collateral review people condemned juveniles die prison pet cert addition directed parties address following question jurisdiction decide whether louisiana correctly refused give retroactive effect case decision miller ii parties agree jurisdiction decide case ensure conclusion correct appointed richard bernstein amicus curiae brief argue position lacks jurisdiction ably discharged assigned responsibilities amicus argues state obligation give new rule constitutional law retroactive effect collateral review proceedings proceedings created state law state plenary control amicus contends state courts define applicable principles retroactivity view louisiana decision implicate federal right determines scope relief available particular type state proceeding question state law beyond power review however constitution establishes rule requires rule retroactive application state refusal give rule retroactive effect reviewable cf griffith kentucky holding direct review new constitutional rule must applied retroactively cases state federal may disregard controlling constitutional command courts see martin hunter lessee wheat see also yates aiken state placed limit issues entertain collateral proceedings duty grant relief federal law requires amicus argument therefore hinges premise retroactivity precedents constitutional mandate justice plurality opinion teague lane set forth framework retroactivity cases federal collateral review teague new constitutional rule criminal procedure apply general matter convictions final new rule announced teague recognized however two categories rules subject general retroactivity bar first courts must give retroactive effect new substantive rules constitutional law substantive rules include rules forbidding criminal punishment certain primary conduct well rules prohibiting certain category punishment class defendants status offense penry lynaugh see also teague supra although teague describes new substantive rules exception bar retroactive application procedural rules recognized substantive rules accurately characterized subject bar schriro summerlin second courts must give retroactive effect new watershed rules criminal procedure implicating fundamental fairness accuracy criminal proceeding see also teague undisputed teague requires retroactive application new substantive watershed procedural rules federal habeas proceedings amicus however contends teague interpretation federal habeas statute constitutional command argument proceeds teague retroactivity holding simply application state collateral review proceedings support claim amicus points language teague characterized task ing scope writ quoting kuhlmann wilson plurality opinion see also white concurring part concurring judgment wrong construing reach habeas corpus statutes congress course correct us brennan dissenting new facts arguments come light suggesting past reading federal habeas statute plainly mistaken addition amicus directs us danforth minnesota majority held teague preclude state courts giving retroactive effect broader set new constitutional rules teague required danforth majority concluded teague general rule nonretroactivity new constitutional rules criminal procedure exercise power interpret federal habeas statute since teague retroactivity bar limit scope federal habeas relief danforth majority reasoned free make new procedural rules retroactive state collateral review amicus however reads much statements neither teague danforth reason address whether required constitutional matter give retroactive effect new substantive watershed procedural rules teague originated federal state habeas proceeding particular reason discuss whether part holding required constitution addition federal habeas statute danforth held teague general rule nonretroactivity interpretation federal habeas statute prevent providing greater relief collateral review courts danforth majority limited analysis teague general retroactivity bar leaving open question whether teague two exceptions binding matter constitutional law see also case us involve either case must address part question left open danforth holds new substantive rule constitutional law controls outcome case constitution requires state collateral review courts give retroactive effect rule teague conclusion establishing retroactivity new substantive rules best understood resting upon constitutional premises constitutional command like federal law binding state courts holding limited teague first exception substantive rules constitutional status teague exception watershed rules procedure need addressed precedents addressing nature substantive rules differences procedural rules history retroactive application establish constitution requires substantive rules retroactive effect regardless conviction became final category substantive rules discussed teague originated justice harlan approach retroactivity teague adopted reasoning see discussing mackey opinion concurring judgments part dissenting part desist harlan dissenting justice harlan defined substantive constitutional rules place matter constitutional interpretation certain kinds primary private individual conduct beyond power criminal authority proscribe mackey supra penry lynaugh decided four months teague recognized first exception set forth teague understood cover rules forbidding criminal punishment certain primary conduct also rules prohibiting certain category punishment class defendants status offense penry explained justice harlan first exception spoke terms substantive categorical guarantees accorded constitution regardless procedures followed whether new rule bars proscribing certain conduct inflicting certain punishment cases constitution deprives state power impose certain penalty substantive rules set forth categorical constitutional guarantees place certain criminal laws punishments altogether beyond state power impose follows state enforces proscription penalty barred constitution resulting conviction sentence definition unlawful procedural rules contrast designed enhance accuracy conviction sentence regulating manner determining defendant culpability schriro teague supra rules merely raise possibility someone convicted use invalidated procedure might acquitted otherwise schriro supra even procedural error infected trial resulting conviction sentence may still accurate extension defendant continued confinement may still lawful reason trial conducted procedure found unconstitutional later case general matter automatic consequence invalidating defendant conviction sentence possibility valid result exist substantive rule eliminated state power proscribe defendant conduct impose given punishment ven use impeccable factfinding procedures legitimate verdict conduct penalized constitutionally immune punishment coin currency use flawless sentencing procedures legitimate punishment constitution immunizes defendant sentence imposed circumstances call invocation rule complete retroactivity ibid holding new substantive rules indeed retroactive teague continued long tradition giving retroactive effect constitutional rights go beyond procedural guarantees see mackey supra opinion harlan writ historically available attacking convictions substantive grounds brown allen federal courts never consider merits constitutional claim habeas petitioner fair opportunity raise arguments original proceeding desist harlan dissenting even era restricted federal habeas however exception made habeas petitioner attacked constitutionality state statute convicted since situation state power proscribe conduct petitioner imprisoned constitutionally insist remain jail harlan dissenting citation omitted ex parte siebold addressed substantive rules must retroactive effect regardless defendant conviction became final time decision ere error judgment proceedings virtue party imprisoned constitute ground issue writ siebold law might thought establish long conviction sentence imposed competent jurisdiction habeas relief issue siebold however petitioners attacked judgments ground convicted unconstitutional statutes explained position well taken affects foundation whole proceedings conviction unconstitutional law merely erroneous illegal void legal cause imprisonment true writ error lies judgment may final sense may means reversing laws unconstitutional void circuit acquired jurisdiction causes discussed concluded logic governs challenge punishment constitution deprives authority impose penry supra see also friendly innocence irrelevant collateral attack criminal judgments chi rev broadly speaking original sphere collateral attack conviction tribunal lacked jurisdiction either usual sense statute defendant prosecuted unconstitutional sentence one lawfully impose footnotes omitted conviction sentence imposed violation substantive rule erroneous contrary law result void see siebold follows general principle authority leave place conviction sentence violates substantive rule regardless whether conviction sentence became final rule announced siebold cases discussed opinion course directly control question answers first time precedents involve state postconviction review conviction sentence address whether constitution requires new substantive rules retroactive effect cases state collateral review decisions however important bearing analysis necessary case support holding conviction obtained unconstitutional law warrants habeas relief siebold explained unconstitutional law void law ibid penalty imposed pursuant unconstitutional law less void prisoner sentence became final law held unconstitutional grandfather clause permits enforce punishments constitution forbids conclude otherwise undercut constitution substantive guarantees writing coin currency justice harlan made point declared circumstances call invocation rule complete retroactivity conduct penalized constitutionally immune punishment coin currency involved case direct review yet reasons explained opinion principle govern application substantive rules collateral review justice harlan explained state lacked power proscribe habeas petitioner conduct constitutionally insist remain jail desist supra dissenting opinion state may constitutionally insist prisoner remain jail federal habeas review may constitutionally insist result postconviction proceedings supremacy clause constitution state collateral review courts greater power federal habeas courts mandate prisoner continue suffer punishment barred constitution state collateral proceeding open claim controlled federal law state duty grant relief federal law requires yates state collateral review proceedings permit prisoners challenge lawfulness confinement refuse give retroactive effect substantive constitutional right determines outcome challenge final point must noted retroactive application substantive rules implicate state weighty interests ensuring finality convictions sentences teague warned intrusiveness continually forc ing marshal resources order keep prison defendants whose trials appeals conformed constitutional standards concern application realm substantive rules resources marshaled state preserve conviction sentence constitution deprives state power impose see mackey opinion harlan little societal interest permitting criminal process rest point properly never repose adjudicating claims collateral review procedures state may deny controlling right asserted constitution assuming claim properly presented case louisiana follows basic supremacy clause principles postconviction proceedings challenging legality sentence state collateral review procedures open claims decision rendered certain sentences illegal substantive matter eighth amendment see state dyer pp la per curiam considering claim collateral review decision graham florida rendered petitioner sentence illegal montgomery alleges miller announced substantive constitutional rule louisiana erred failing recognize retroactive effect jurisdiction review determination iii leads question whether miller prohibition mandatory life without parole juvenile offenders indeed announce new substantive rule constitution must retroactive stated procedural rule regulate manner determining defendant culpability schriro substantive rule contrast forbids criminal punishment certain primary conduct prohibits certain category punishment class defendants status offense penry see also schriro supra substantive rule alters range conduct class persons law punishes standard reasons explained miller announced substantive rule retroactive cases collateral review foundation stone miller analysis line precedent holding certain punishments disproportionate applied juveniles slip cases include graham florida supra held eighth amendment bars life without parole juvenile nonhomicide offenders roper simmons held eighth amendment prohibits capital punishment age time crimes protection disproportionate punishment central substantive guarantee eighth amendment goes far beyond manner determining defendant sentence see graham supra concept proportionality central eighth amendment see also weems harmelin michigan kennedy concurring part concurring judgment miller took starting premise principle established roper graham children constitutionally different adults purposes sentencing slip citing roper supra graham supra differences result children diminished culpability greater prospects reform apparent three primary ways first children maturity underdeveloped sense responsibility leading recklessness impulsivity heedless second children vulnerable negative influences outside pressures including family peers limited environment lack ability extricate horrific settings third child character formed adult traits fixed actions less likely irretrievable depravity slip quoting roper supra alterations citations internal quotation marks omitted corollary child lesser culpability miller recognized distinctive attributes youth diminish penological justifications imposing life without parole juvenile offenders slip retribution relates offender blameworthiness case retribution strong minor adult ibid quoting graham supra internal quotation marks omitted deterrence rationale likewise suffice since characteristics render juveniles less culpable adults immaturity recklessness impetuosity make less likely consider potential punishment slip internal quotation marks omitted need incapacitation lessened ordinary adolescent development diminishes likelihood juvenile offender danger society slip quoting graham rehabilitation satisfactory rationale either rehabilitation justify sentence life without parole forswears altogether rehabilitative ideal slip quoting graham supra considerations underlay holding miller mandatory sentences children pos great risk disproportionate punishment slip miller requires sentencing juvenile life without parole sentencing judge take account children different differences counsel irrevocably sentencing lifetime prison ibid recognized sentencer might encounter rare juvenile offender exhibits irretrievable depravity rehabilitation impossible life without parole justified light children diminished culpability heightened capacity change miller made clear appropriate occasions sentencing juveniles harshest possible penalty uncommon ibid miller require sentencer consider juvenile offender youth imposing life without parole established penological justifications life without parole collapse light distinctive attributes youth slip even considers child age sentencing lifetime prison sentence still violates eighth amendment child whose crime reflects yet transient immaturity slip quoting roper miller determined sentencing child life without parole excessive rare juvenile offender whose crime reflects irreparable corruption slip quoting roper supra rendered life without parole unconstitutional penalty class defendants status juvenile offenders whose crimes reflect transient immaturity youth penry result miller announced substantive rule constitutional law like substantive rules miller retroactive carr ies significant risk vast majority juvenile offenders punishment law impose upon schriro quoting bousley louisiana nonetheless argues miller procedural place punishment beyond state power impose instead required sentencing courts take children age account condemning die prison support argument louisiana points miller statement decision categorically bar penalty class offenders type crime example roper graham instead mandates sentencer follow certain process considering offender youth attendant characteristics imposing particular penalty miller supra slip miller true bar punishment juvenile offenders roper graham miller bar life without parole however rarest juvenile offenders whose crimes reflect permanent incorrigibility reason miller less substantive roper graham miller every juvenile convicted homicide offense sentenced life without parole miller rare juvenile offender receive sentence difference roper graham one hand miller hand miller drew line children whose crimes reflect transient immaturity rare children whose crimes reflect irreparable corruption fact life without parole proportionate sentence latter kind juvenile offender mean children imprisoned disproportionate sentence suffered deprivation substantive right sure miller holding procedural component miller requires sentencer consider juvenile offender youth attendant characteristics determining life without parole proportionate sentence see slip louisiana contends miller requires process must set forth procedural rule argument however conflates procedural requirement necessary implement substantive guarantee rule regulate manner determining defendant culpability schriro supra instances substantive change law must attended procedure enables prisoner show falls within category persons law may longer punish see mackey opinion harlan rules may procedural substantive ramifications used terms example element criminal offense deemed unconstitutional prisoner convicted offense receives new trial government must prove prisoner conduct still fits within modified definition crime similar vein constitution prohibits particular form punishment class persons affected prisoner receives procedure show belongs protected class see atkins virginia requiring procedure determine whether particular individual intellectual disability fall within range intellectually disabled offenders national consensus execution impermissible procedural requirements course transform substantive rules procedural ones procedure miller prescribes different hearing youth attendant characteristics considered sentencing factors necessary separate juveniles may sentenced life without parole may slip hearing replace rather gives effect miller substantive holding life without parole excessive sentence children whose crimes reflect transient immaturity louisiana suggests miller made constitutional distinction children whose crimes reflect transient immaturity whose crimes reflect irreparable corruption miller require trial courts make finding fact regarding child incorrigibility finding required however speaks degree procedure miller mandated order implement substantive guarantee new substantive rule constitutional law established careful limit scope attendant procedural requirement avoid intruding necessary upon sovereign administration criminal justice systems see ford wainwright leave state task developing appropriate ways enforce constitutional restriction upon execution sentences fidelity important principle federalism however construed demean substantive character federal right issue miller impose formal factfinding requirement leave free sentence child whose crime reflects transient immaturity life without parole contrary miller established punishment disproportionate eighth amendment reason death penalty cases louisiana cites support position inapposite see beard banks holding nonretroactive rule forbids instructing jury disregard mitigating factors found unanimous vote netherland holding nonretroactive rule providing prosecutor cites future dangerousness defendant may inform jury ineligibility parole sawyer smith holding nonretroactive rule forbids suggesting capital jury responsible death sentence decisions altered processes must engage sentencing person death processes may effect likelihood capital punishment imposed none decisions rendered certain penalty unconstitutionally excessive category offenders holds miller announced substantive rule constitutional law conclusion miller substantive rule comports principles informed teague teague sought balance important goals finality comity liberty interests imprisoned pursuant rules later deemed unconstitutional miller conclusion sentence life without parole disproportionate vast majority juvenile offenders raises grave risk many held violation constitution giving miller retroactive effect moreover require relitigate sentences let alone convictions every case juvenile offender received mandatory life without parole state may remedy miller violation permitting juvenile homicide offenders considered parole rather resentencing see wyo stat ann juvenile homicide offenders eligible parole years allowing offenders considered parole ensures juveniles whose crimes reflected transient immaturity since matured forced serve disproportionate sentence violation eighth amendment extending parole eligibility juvenile offenders impose onerous burden disturb finality state convictions prisoners shown inability reform continue serve life sentences opportunity release afforded demonstrate truth miller central intuition children commit even heinous crimes capable change petitioner discussed submissions evolution troubled misguided youth model member prison community petitioner helped establish inmate boxing team later became trainer coach alleges contributed time labor prison silkscreen department strives offer advice serve role model inmates claims tested even addressed state confirm accuracy petitioner submissions relevant however example one kind evidence prisoners might use demonstrate rehabilitation henry montgomery spent day past years knowing condemned die prison perhaps established due exceptional circumstances fate proportionate punishment crime committed boy light said roper graham miller children constitutionally different adults level culpability however prisoners like montgomery must given opportunity show crime reflect irreparable corruption hope years life outside prison walls must restored judgment louisiana reversed case remanded proceedings inconsistent opinion ordered scalia dissenting henry montgomery petitioner louisiana writ certiorari louisiana january justice scalia justice thomas justice alito join dissenting jurisdiction decide case decision arrives wrong respectfully dissent jurisdiction louisiana postconviction courts willingly entertain eighth amendment claims limited exceptions apply law existed state prisoner convicted sentenced shortly announced teague lane louisiana adopted teague framework govern provision postconviction remedies available state prisoners state courts matter state law taylor whitley stated bound adopt federal framework one think none business louisiana prisoner motion resentenced according miller alabama case announced almost half century sentence final met firm rejection grounds louisiana majority eager reach merits case resolves question jurisdiction deciding constitution requires state postconviction courts adopt teague exception substantive new rules provide remedies violations rules prisoners whose sentences long ago became final conscription federal service state postconviction courts nothing short astonishing teague announced federal courts grant habeas corpus overturn state convictions basis new rule constitutional law meaning one announced convictions became final unless new rule substantive rule watershed rul criminal procedure teague prescription followed justice harlan view retroactivity problem detailed separate opinion desist dissenting opinion later mackey opinion concurring judgment part dissenting part placing rule first exception context requires analysis majority applied century confounded justice harlan called swift pace constitutional change pickelsimer wainwright dissenting opinion vacated remanded many cases wake gideon wainwright justice harlan called upon engage informed deliberate consideration whether constitutionally required apply gideon new rule retrospectively may well require reopening cases long since finally adjudicated accordance applicable decisions pickelsimer supra answered call linkletter walker linkletter began premise neither required apply prohibited applying decision retrospectively went adopt equitable approach retroactivity considering prior history rule question purpose effect whether retrospective operation retard operation linkletter framework proved unworkable began applying approach cases collateral review also cases direct review rejecting distinction convictions final convictions various stages trial direct review stovall denno rejection drew justice harlan reproach desist later mackey urged rules constitutional law must minimum applied cases still subject direct review time decision handed desist supra dissenting opinion simply fishing one case stream appellate review using vehicle pronouncing new constitutional standards permitting stream similar cases subsequently flow unaffected new rule constitute indefensible departure th model judicial review mackey supra decision griffith kentucky heeded constitutional concern jettisoned linkletter test cases pending direct review adopted justice harlan rule redressability ailure apply newly declared constitutional rule criminal cases pending direct review violates basic norms constitutional adjudication emphasis added established griffith must play old rules rules settled defendant conviction sentence become final even clear break existing precedent cases pending us direct appeal since griffith rule constitutionally compelled instructed lower state federal courts comply well ibid teague followed griffith heels two years later opinion contained discussion basic norms constitutional adjudication griffith supra discussion obligations state courts away linkletter good adopted justice harlan solution retroactivity problem cases pending collateral review described constitutional problem problem scope habeas writ mackey supra emphasis added teague held federal habeas courts longer upset convictions violations new rules yet announced conviction became final allowed previously mentioned exceptions rule nonredressability substantive rules placing certain kinds primary private individual conduct beyond power criminal authority proscribe watershed rules criminal procedure penry lynaugh expanded first exception substantive rules embrace new rules prohibiting certain category punishment class defendants status offense neither teague exceptions constitutionally compelled unlike today majority understood cases collateral review fundamentally different pending direct review considerations finality judicial process shea louisiana line finality demarcating constitutionally required rule griffith habeas rule teague supplies answer question whether state postconviction must remedy violation new substantive rule state need apply law existed time defendant conviction sentence became final see griffith supra final new rule reopen door already closed james beam distilling georgia opinion souter relief prisoner might receive state finality matter grace constitutional prescription majority marshal case support contrary position creates constitutional rule none teague conclusion establishing retroactivity new substantive rules best understood resting upon constitutional premises binding federal state courts ante best understood surely history derivation supremacy clause says majority ante supremacy clause possibly answer question us elicits another question federal law old new majority champion justice harlan said old rules apply federal habeas review conviction habeas need apply constitutional standards prevailed time original proceedings took place desist dissenting opinion state toe constitutional mark yet exist mackey opinion harlan following analysis clarified time recently greene fisher slip federal habeas courts review decisions law factual record existed time decisions made section federal habeas statute refers past tense adjudication decision contrary unreasonable application established law language requires examination decision time made cullen pinholster possibly constitution requires state review convictions governed new rules rather suffices federal courts review state courts old rules majority relies statement coin currency circumstances call invocation rule complete conduct penalized constitutionally immune punishment ante quoting majority neglects mention statement addressing circumstances conviction become final emphasis added rule complete retroactivity invoked coin currency opinion written guess justice harlan merely foreshadowed rule announced griffith cases pending direct review receive benefit newly announced rules better termed old rules rules announced finality majority also misappropriates yates aiken reviewed state habeas petitioner fourteenth amendment claim jury instructions trial lessened state burden prove every element offense beyond reasonable doubt case least involve conviction final majority oblivious critical fact yates claim depended upon old rule settled time trial reversed state habeas refusal consider jury instructions violated old rule ibid majority places great weight upon dictum yates south carolina habeas duty grant relief federal law requires ante quoting yates supra simply wrong divorce dictum facts addressed context yates merely reinforces line drawn griffith state courts provide forum postconviction relief need play old rules announced date defendant conviction sentence became final sleight hand performed majority emphasis ex parte siebold case considered petition federal writ habeas corpus following federal conviction initial issue confronted jurisdiction federal inherent habeas corpus power ex parte bollman cranch conferred limited statute see felker turpin siebold stated forbidden use federal habeas writ mere writ error ground without special statute authorizing give relief habeas corpus prisoner conviction sentence another want jurisdiction person cause matter rendering proceedings void ibid turning facts decided within power hear siebold claim merely protest conviction sentence erroneous contended statute convicted violating unconstitutional conviction therefore void laws unconstitutional void circuit acquired jurisdiction causes siebold thus decision expands limits power issue federal habeas writ federal prisoner majority however divines siebold general principle authority leave place conviction sentence violates substantive rule regardless whether conviction sentence became final rule announced ante utterly impossible general principle rationally derived siebold constitutionally required remedies state courts indeed opinion even speak constitutionally required remedies federal courts decision statutory power grant original writ constitutional obligation nowhere siebold intimate relief constitutionally required majority puts authority leave place siebold conviction ante majority sorry acknowledgment siebold cases discussed opinion course directly control question answers first time nearly enough disclaimer directly control dicta cherry picked cases irrelevant addressed circumstances fundamentally different majority applies indeed know sure author dicta justice harlan held views flatly contradict majority majority maxim state collateral review courts greater power federal habeas courts mandate prisoner continue suffer punishment barred constitution ante begs question rather contributes solution today federal constitutionally obliged grant relief past violation newly announced substantive rule today congress prerogative away teague exceptions altogether indeed left unresolved question whether congress already done amended section habeas corpus statute add language governing review decisions see antiterrorism effective death penalty act stat codified greene slip maxim shown relevant case analysis majority omitted supremacy clause impose upon state courts constitutional obligation fails impose upon federal courts remains support majority conclusion latin canon ipse dixit majority opines substantive rule eliminates state power proscribe certain conduct impose certain punishment automatic consequence invalidating defendant conviction sentence ante provision constitution conceivably produce result due process clause surely denial due process pronounce final judgment though fully accord federal constitutional law time fails anticipate change made half century future equal protection clause statutory increasingly constitutional laws change denial equal protection hold earlier defendant law stringent exists today also denial equal protection hold later defendant law stringent existed years ago principle equal protection requires criminal law ages majority grandly asserts grandfather clause permits enforce punishments constitution forbids ante emphasis added course italicized phrase begs question certainly grandfather clause one called finality says constitution require revise punishments lawful imposed conviction become final whether new rules old ones applied revisit conviction matter entirely within state control constitution nothing say choice majority says possibility valid result new substantive rule applied retroactively ante whole controversy arises many think valid result defendant convicted law existed conviction became final unquestionably entitled take view things majority imposition teague first exception upon worse adhere exception initially conceived justice harlan exception rules place matter constitutional interpretation certain kinds primary private individual conduct beyond power criminal lawmaking authority proscribe mackey emphasis added rather endorses exception expanded penry include rules prohibiting certain category punishment class defendants status offense expansion empowered obligated federal today state habeas courts invoke eighth amendment evolving standards decency jurisprudence upset punishments constitutional imposed cruel unusual amdt newly enlightened society see trop dulles evolving standards test concedes state power punish henry montgomery indeed montgomery time sentenced death yet unevolved society even years later reaffirmed constitution posed bar death sentences juveniles stanford kentucky people standards decency evolved mere years ago nearly years montgomery sentence imposed declare death penalty unconstitutional juveniles roper simmons even reassured punishment life imprisonment without possibility parole severe sanction implicitly still available juveniles five years ago left place severe sanction juvenile homicide offenders graham florida five decades montgomery spent prison one precedents called question legality sentence people standards decency perceived five justices evolved yet miller teague central purpose away old regime tendency continually force marshal resources order keep prison defendants whose trials appeals conformed constitutional standards today holding thwarts purpose vengeance constitution changes rules cruel unusual punishments every years passage mackey majority opinion quotes ante justice harlan noted diminishing force finality hence equitable propriety constitutional requirement disregarding law punishes nonpunishable conduct see one imagine clearer frustration sensible policy teague target impermissible punishments issue today holding forecloses congress eliminating expansion teague federal courts also foists distortion upon ii retroactivity miller created jurisdiction ripping teague first exception moorings converting equitable rule governing federal habeas relief constitutional command governing state courts well majority proceeds merits confronts second obstacle desired outcome miller opinion wishes impose upon state postconviction courts simply decree first part majority opinion says teague first exception requires given retroactive effect rule set ting forth categorical constitutional guarantees place certain criminal laws punishments altogether beyond state power impose ante emphasis added problem distorted teague majority simply proceeds rewrite miller majority asserts miller rendered life without parole unconstitutional penalty class defendants status juvenile offenders whose crimes reflect transient immaturity youth ante insists miller barred sentences rarest juvenile offenders whose crimes reflect permanent incorrigibility reason miller less substantive roper graham ante problem miller stated quite clearly precisely opposite decision categorically bar penalty class offenders type crime example roper graham instead mandates sentencer follow certain process considering offender youth attendant characteristics imposing particular penalty slip emphasis added contradict clear statement majority opinion quotes passages miller assert things mandatory sentences children great risk disproportionate occasions sentencing juveniles harshest possible penalty uncommon ante quoting miller supra slip say punishment might inappropriate disproportionate certain juvenile offenders say unconstitutionally void statements relied majority nothing express reason new procedure prescribed miller desirable deter life sentences certain juvenile offenders issue whether miller rendered penalties unconstitutional impossible get past miller unambiguous statement ur decision categorically bar penalty class offenders mandates sentencer follow certain process imposing particular penalty slip plain day majority applying miller rewriting rewriting consequences beyond merely making miller procedural guarantee retroactive indeed state categorically prohibited imposing life without parole juvenile offenders whose crimes reflect permanent incorrigibility even procedures miller demands provided constitutional requirement necessarily satisfied remains available defendant sentenced life without parole argue crimes fact reflect permanent incorrigibility majority opinion puts miller impose formal factfinding requirement leave free sentence child whose crime reflects transient immaturity life without parole contrary miller established punishment disproportionate eighth amendment ante wonderful federal like state judges henceforth resolve knotty legal question whether murdered innocent sheriff deputy half century ago time trial incorrigible miller bear mind inquiry whether inmate seen incorrigible sentenced whether proven corrigible safely paroled today silliness impossible practice see brief national district attorneys assn et al amici curiae lockett ohio imposed thitherto requirement sentencer capital cases must consider weigh relevant mitigating factors least impose substantive hence judicially reviewable requirement aggravators must outweigh mitigators suffice sentencer thought fairly read miller incorrigibility requirement imposes today make miller retroactive fear majority seriously expect state federal tribunals engage silliness probing evidence incorrigibility existed decades ago defendants sentenced majority expects intends happen set forth following invitation state may remedy miller violation permitting juvenile homicide offenders considered parole rather resentencing ante course whole exercise whole distortion miller devious way eliminating life without parole juvenile offenders might done expressly know decree anything something embarrassment one justifications gave decreeing end death penalty murders matter many committed juvenile life without parole severe enough punishment see roper majority opinion written author roper say punishment also unconstitutional expressly refused say miller slip refuses today merely makes imposition severe sanction practical impossibility godfather fashion majority makes state legislatures offer ca refuse avoid utterly impossible nonsense prescribed simply permitting juvenile homicide offenders considered parole ante mission accomplished thomas dissenting henry montgomery petitioner louisiana writ certiorari louisiana january justice thomas dissenting join justice scalia dissent write separately explain resolution jurisdictional question ante lacks foundation constitution text historical traditions jurisdiction louisiana decision implicates federal right condition satisfied holds constitution purportedly requires state federal postconviction courts give retroactive effect new substantive constitutional rules applying overturn convictions sentences ante constitution traditions embrace right respectfully dissent ur jurisprudence concerning rules constitutional law primarily concerned question whether constitutional violation occurred availability nonavailability remedies danforth minnesota accordingly issue case whether prisoners received mandatory sentences crimes committed decades ago juveniles eighth amendment right receive sentence rather question forum newfound right enforced see ibid answers question one way says state postconviction federal habeas courts constitutionally required supply remedy sentence conviction predicated upon unconstitutional law legal nullity see ante nothing constitution text constitutional tradition provides right remedy collateral review provision constitution supports holding invokes supremacy clause asserting clause deprives state federal postconviction courts alike power leave unconstitutional sentence place ante leaves question provision constitution supplies underlying prohibition supremacy clause clause merely supplies rule decision federal constitutional right exists right supersedes contrary provisions state law see art vi cl constitution laws shall made pursuance thereof shall law land judges every state shall bound thereby thing constitution laws state contrary notwithstanding accordingly reaffirmed last term supremacy clause independent font substantive rights armstrong exceptional child center slip aware provision constitution support new constitutional right retroactivity natural places look article iii due process clauses fifth fourteenth amendments equal protection clause fourteenth amendment none establishes right void unconstitutional sentence long final begin article iii contain requirement announces today article iii vests judicial power whatever inferior courts congress creates art iii extend power various cases controversies art iii article iii thus defines scope federal judicial power compel state postconviction courts apply new substantive rules retroactively even holding limited federal courts article iii justify nature judicial power may constrain retroactivity rules article iii courts apply even broad modern precedents treat article iii requiring courts apply new rules direct review thus griffith kentucky suggested based justice harlan views decided new rule case selected integrity judicial review requires apply rule similar cases pending direct review justice harlan explained view article iii force collateral review entire theoretical underpinnings judicial review constitutional supremacy dictate federal courts jurisdiction direct review adjudicate every issue law fairly implicated trial process properly presented appeal federal courts never similar obligation habeas corpus mackey opinion concurring judgment part dissenting part holding also grounded due process clause prohibition depriv ations life liberty property without due process law amdts xiv quite possibly ue process law originally used shorthand expression governmental proceedings according land existed time proceedings winship black dissenting emphasis added accord johnson thomas concurring judgment slip understanding due process excluded right new substantive rules apply retroactively even due process required courts anticipate new substantive rules compel courts revisit settled convictions sentences collateral review never understood due process require proceedings trial ends clause establish right appeal certainly establish right collaterally attack final judgment conviction maccollom plurality opinion see pennsylvania finley obligation provide postconviction relief constitution require postconviction remedies certainly require postconviction courts revisit every potential type error cf martinez appeal fourth appellate scalia concurring judgment since state subject determinations review whatever fortiori subject review consists nonadversarial reexamination convictions panel government experts equal protection clause justify requiring courts collateral review apply new substantive rules retroactively clause prohibits state deny ing person within jurisdiction equal protection laws amdt xiv precedents classification neither involving fundamental rights proceeding along suspect lines run afoul equal protection clause rational relationship disparity treatment legitimate governmental purpose armour indianapolis slip internal quotation marks omitted ellipsis original disparity eliminates today prisoners whose cases direct review announced new substantive constitutional rule whose convictions already become final one long considered rational notion different standards apply direct collateral review runs throughout recent habeas jurisprudence wright west see brecht abrahamson thus precedents recognize right counsel direct review collateral proceedings compare douglas california courts must provide counsel initial direct appeal finley supra right habeas fourth amendment also applies differently direct collateral review compare mapp ohio courts direct review must exclude evidence obtained violation fourth amendment stone powell relitigation claims collateral review distinctions reasonable reflect significant costs collateral review including disruption state significant interest repose concluded litigation wright supra internal quotation marks omitted equal protection precedents therefore compel uniform rule retroactivity direct collateral proceedings new substantive constitutional rules new constitutional right also finds basis history state federal postconviction proceedings throughout history postconviction relief alleged constitutional defects conviction sentence available matter legislative grace constitutional command constitution mentions habeas relief suspension clause specifies privilege writ habeas corpus shall suspended unless cases rebellion invasion public safety may require art cl clause specify scope writ first congress prescribing federal habeas jurisdiction judiciary act understood scope reflect principle common law writ simply available one convicted crime competent jurisdiction bator finality criminal law federal habeas corpus state prisoners harv rev early cases echoed understanding ex parte watkins pet imprisonment judgment unlawful unless judgment absolute nullity nullity general jurisdiction subject although erroneous nearly century thereafter understood judiciary act successor provisions limiting habeas relief instances rendered judgment lacked jurisdiction general category offense person prisoner see wright supra recounting history federal habeas courts thus afforded remedy claim sentence conviction predicated unconstitutional law indeed vermont made provision state habeas proceedings see oaks habeas corpus chi rev even allowed collateral attacks state review unavailable judgment conviction rendered general jurisdiction subject matter defendant portrays ex parte siebold departure history genesis constitutional principle conviction obtained unconstitutional law warrants habeas relief ante siebold case construing scope federal habeas review judiciary act support position ante scalia dissenting siebold imply constitution requires courts stop enforcing convictions unconstitutional law rather siebold assumed prisoners lack remedy federal habeas statute allow challenges convictions true writ error lies judgment may final sense may means reversing moreover congress authorized appeals matter right federal criminal cases renounced siebold stopped entertaining federal habeas constitutionality statute defendant sentenced convicted see bator supra constitution prevented courts enforcing void conviction sentence even conviction final incapable withdrawing relief purported constitutional right collateral review grounding even precedents began recognizing many new constitutional rights criminal proceedings even however perceive constitutional right prisoners vacate convictions sentences collateral review based new interpretations constitution contrary derived miranda warnings exclusionary rule constitution yet drew line creating constitutional right retroactivity linkletter walker constitution neither prohibits requires retrospective effect justice cardozo said think federal constitution voice upon griffith kentucky change course hold constitution requires courts give constitutional rights retroactive effect even griffith directive courts direct review held new rule conduct criminal prosecutions applied retroactively cases state federal pending direct review yet final said nothing happens case becomes final resolved teague lane announced narrow exceptions rule retroactivity collateral review interpreting scope federal habeas writ constitution ii novel constitutional right lack constitutional foundation reasoning uses construct right lacks logical stopping point supposes constitution bars courts insisting prisoners remain prison convictions sentences later deemed unconstitutional courts let stand judgment wrongly decided constitutional question confronted question siebold cases began expanding federal habeas statute encompass claims sentence conviction constitutionally void find satisfactory answer judgment may erroneous void may erroneous void distinctions nice may fall one class regarded different purposes ex parte lange wall lack limiting principle became apparent construed federal habeas statute supply jurisdiction address prerequisites valid sentence conviction like indictment see bator harv justice bradley siebold author later observed difficult see conviction punishment unconstitutional law violative person constitutional rights unconstitutional conviction punishment valid law nielsen doubt today rule fare better refashioning siebold foundation purported constitutional right transforms unworkable doctrine immutable command justice bradley dicta siebold gloss judiciary act congress least supply fix reinvention siebold constitutional imperative eliminates room legislative adjustment one silver lining today ruling still way mitigate impact systems explains must enforce constitutional right remedies collateral review open claim controlled federal law ante state courts collateral review thus must provide remedies claims miller alabama courts open claims decision rendered certain sentences illegal eighth amendment see ante unlike rule announces today limitation least reflects constitutional principle state courts chosen entertain federal claim supremacy clause conceivably command state apply federal law explained last term private parties constitutional right enforce federal laws armstrong slip instead constitution leaves initial choice entertain federal claims state courts tribunals government union adequate control may closed claim asserted law osborn bank wheat therefore modest path lessen burdens today decision inflict courts stop entertaining claims alleging eighth amendment decisions invalidated sentence leave federal habeas courts shoulder burden adjudicating claims first instance whatever desirability choice one constitution allows make today decision repudiates established principles finality finds support constitution text reconciled nation tradition considering availability postconviction remedies matter constitution nothing say respectfully dissent footnotes amusing majority initial description miller held juvenile convicted homicide offense sentenced life prison without parole absent consideration juvenile special circumstances light principles purposes juvenile sentencing ante pages later softening reader pages obfuscating analysis majority dare attribute miller miller explicitly denies majority presumably regards person one day short voting age child footnotes instance article iii courts arrive holding refuse apply case hand limit application future cases involving events power rule prospectively way quintessentially legislative power see harper virginia dept taxation scalia concurring